After rejecting the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement in his first week in office and the COP-21 global environmental pact a few weeks later, Donald Trump was typecast by most Washington observers as the antithesis of a globally sensitive diplomat.His political base applauded this parochialism as heralding a new era of putting American domestic interests first. Yet as President of the United States, Trump must inevitably engage with a broader world, which has different priorities.In his early Middle Eastern and European forays, Trump was acclaimed in Saudi Arabia, Israel and Poland …READ FULL ARTICLE
